Displaceable rear windshield wiper incorporating trunk lid interaction and a rear brake light

Abstract

A vehicle windshield wiper system is provided which includes a body or housing within which is mounted a driving motor, a solenoid, a brake lamp as well as a pull rope. The pull rope extends between the solenoid and the windshield wiper and is guided by a pair of guide wheels or pulleys. The solenoid is energized or actuated by the displacement of the lid of the trunk of the vehicle to displace the windshield wiper away from the rear window of the vehicle. The subject windshield wiper system allows a windshield wiper system to be easily and conveniently installed on four-door cars in a manner which allows the windshield wiper to obviate any interference between the windshield wiper and the trunk lid of a car when the trunk lid is displaced to an open position.

I claim: 
     
       1. A rear windshield wiper system mounted on a vehicle trunk lid, which is pivotally mounted on a vehicle for movement between open and closed positions, said wiper system comprising: (a) a hollow windshield wiper housing having a front and rear portion and a bottom all, a drive motor mounted in said housing, speed reduction gearing means coupled to the motor for reducing rotative speed of said motor, an elongated spindle coupled at one end to the reduction gearing means and at the other end, which extends from said housing, to a windshield wiper, said wiper is pivotally mounted to said spindle by an insert pin and is located adjacent a rear windshield of said vehicle for wiping thereover;   (b) a brake lamp mounted to said rear portion of said windshield wiper housing;   (c) switch means to determine said open and closed positions of said trunk lid;   (d) a solenoid mounted in said housing and actuated by said switch means;   (e) a U-shaped member mounted to said bottom wall of said housing and coupled to said trunk lid for securing said housing to said trunk lid;   (f) a pair of guide pulleys respectively mounted on said solenoid and said drive motor; and,   (g) an elongated pull rope member secured on one end to said solenoid and on an opposing end to said windshield wiper, said pull rope member extending around said guide pulleys for tensioning of said pull rope member and displacement of said windshield wiper about said pin, relative to said windshield when said solenoid is actuated.